Other People's Lives Are More Interesting Than Mine

Not. But they do have their moments. The other day, this close friend of mine (read 'saviour from boredom at office') was giving me the dope on her relationship. (I think it's called dope for a reason- it makes you feel dull and lifeless or makes you wish your were, but in her case it wasn't really so. I just felt like using the word.)

Her boyfriend had a huge fight with her over the weekend. She asked him why he hadn't woken her up in the morning and he started on this big spiel about how he wasn't her alarm clock, and she was using him like a chauffeur, doormat and punching bag already. He'd given her love, he'd been supportive through the whole bad patch at work, he'd hung out with her parents and not cringed when they called him 'beta', and treated her friends with respect and civility (even the annoying ones). What more did she want from him? And in classic I'm-a-friend-of-Serena's style she'd replied, without so much as moving a facial muscle, "Sexual satisfaction". For a second, he stood mute unsure of what she meant, then came the wave of fury which subsided in laughter when she couldn't contain hers (also in typical I'm-a-friend-of-Serena's style).

Like I said. Their lives aren't really more interesting than mine (I mean however uneventful my days may be at times, at least I'm not hanging out with my girlfriend's parents)(i am not a lesbian- that was just a phrase) (!). But they have their moments.

Even's Story

He's not gay. He's not an alien. He's not... single. That's right. He has a girlfriend. And the worst kind at that- a long-distance one. I couldn't believe it when I first heard, or rather, overheard. He was on the phone with her, on the steps. It had to be his girlfriend. He was telling her to take leave in March when he's taking it so they could go together. Anyway, they'd hardly meet till then. Who else would he say all that to? Not to his mother. He doesn't have a sister, and that's not the tone you use with friends.

I really should have seen this coming. If I like a guy, he must have a girlfriend stashed away somewhere. If not, he'll get one. I might as well market this as a service and make some money of it. I just can't believe he's managed to hide it for so long. And why? I understand being private about your private life, I mean, who'd understand better? But to not even mention she exists?

From the sound of it, she stays in US and they're quite serious. How can you be seriously involved with someone who stays that far away? How can you pretend that that someone is noone to you? Am I making any sense? (It was a rhetorical question.) I don't know how I'd feel about my boyfriend pretending I don't exist. Especially if we're serious about each other. Or maybe he's not that serious about her and is just trapped in a bad relationship. But then why would he want to meet her? To break up? If he can wait that long for that, then he can't possibly be interested in anyone else right now (read "me").

I'm highly disgusted with myself. And his girlfriend. If you've hooked a guy, you stay with him. You don't dangle him like bait in front of other women, just to make them feel bad. It's just mean. Of course, this makes him even more desirable or less so. More if he's managed to ...er.. . stay faithful across the seas, less if he hasn't. Since i don't know which is true, I will assume the latter. It makes him look worse, which makes me feel better. How the mighty have fallen.

My life is forever riddled with drama. Not that I'm complaining... This can't be the end though. As they say, everything's alright in the end, and if it's not alright...